http://www.newsweek.com/nu-b11529-covid-variant-who-greek-alphabet-naming-system-explained-1653467

A worrying new "heavily mutated" COVID variant has emerged in Botswana, South Africa and Hong Kong, prompting the World Health Organization to schedule an emergency meeting on Friday.

At the WHO meeting, delegates will discuss the variant, named B.1.1.529, and its implications for vaccines, testing, emerging symptoms and medicinal therapies.